Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120320
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '16 at 17:58
Run Duration	372 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 180 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 343 45% 340 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 3000 (Desktop V1 1.1 GHz) 8,807 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 9.17.10.4229 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3.23 Parallax 1.41 2% 2.23 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.87 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 173544114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 73856257622594 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 68 64428965914 (C2) HDA temperature 26 68 64428965914 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 173544114 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 173544114 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 173544114 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2255 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2982 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2982 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2519	65.3% Good	Read 510 Write 158 Mixed 218 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 12.8 92% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 13.6 62% 139 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 839GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 281 (03) Spinup time 170 166 6466 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19242 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	45.1% Average	Read 77.6 Write 79.3 Mixed 5.2 39% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 785GB free Firmware: CC27 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 164 Write 147 Mixed 157 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 618GB free Firmware: CC29 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 132 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 113%
Patriot Memory 32GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 10.1 Mixed 7.43 13% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.01 12% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 65%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3

CPU
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	308x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	282x
Core i7-2600Intel $190Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	72x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	62x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	44x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	35x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	28x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	311x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	158x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	129x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16